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Blogging from the Bog

July 24, 2009 by fisch

Today is my last day at Cedar Castle: the sabbatical has finally arrived. So have the movers. They are schlepping the boxes Sylvie has carefully packed throughout the last week, but there is a lot of grunting and cursing - perhaps we packed too tightly. All our stuff goes into storage for half a year. I am of course mostly in the way, so I'm blogging from the only seat that's left in the house :-)
Next stop: Beijing.

Closet Cull

July 19, 2009 by fisch

Moving date is coming closer, and despite vigorous protests of the Royal Society for the Welfare of Shirts and Trousers (RSWST), we had to cull the ever-growing population in our closet. Don't feel too bad, though. Of the 10 shirts that were culled now, at least 9 haven't been worn once since they were saved by the ASWST from a similar operation more than three years ago. Neutral observers confirmed that the cull was done as humanely as possible, and privately confessed that the shirts should probably have been euthanized before they left China for the US in the first place

The wrong kind of sun??

July 3, 2009 by fisch

Ever wondered where the Gentleman of Leisure spends his time? Well, right now too much of it in the office, unfortunately. But sometimes even the office has its nice moments. Like yesterday, when the following official email from the School's Health and Safety bloke came around:

  Building 32 Warning!!

  An external window on the level 4 walkway of B32 has shattered due to the heat.
  The North Door has been closed off outside the building as well as the internal
  walkway. 

  Please use the South or Middle Entrances only until further notice.

The wrong kind of sun??